New Opportunities for Peace in the Basque Region and Spain
Senior Fellow Project Report
Date and Time
Thursday, May 25, 2006
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Location
U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Directions
Senior Fellow Gorka Espiau will discuss the impact of the Basque peace movement on prospects for peace in Spain.
Espiau is director and spokesperson for Elkarri, the movement for dialogue in Spain’s Basque region. He is also a member of the executive board of the HEGOA University Institute for International Cooperation and Peace at the University of the Basque Country; a member of the organizing committee of the First International Conference on the Human Right to Peace, held in 2004 in San Sebastian; and a member of the European Platform for Conflict Prevention and Transformation. He also served as a logistics operator for nongovernmental organizations in Croatia and Bosnia, where he worked on assistance programs for Bosnian refugees.
Espiau holds a graduate degree in information sciences and journalism from the University of the Basque Country.
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